Ocean Isle Beach weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Longwood, 16 km from Ocean Isle Beach; records cover 1972–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 57 in1448 mm
- Snow a year
- 0.5 in1.3 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 28
- First fall freeze
- Nov 8
- Heating degree days
- 2,664
- Cooling degree days
- 1,828
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 20°−7° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ocean Isle Beach in January
Highs average 56°13° and lows 34°1°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1997)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 618
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Ocean Isle Beach in February
Highs average 59°15° and lows 36°2°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1975)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 494
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Ocean Isle Beach in March
Highs average 65°18° and lows 42°5°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1974)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 367
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Ocean Isle Beach in April
Highs average 73°23° and lows 50°10°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1981)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 153
- Cooling degree days
- 45
Ocean Isle Beach in May
Highs average 80°26° and lows 59°15°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2019)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 167
Ocean Isle Beach in June
Highs average 85°30° and lows 68°20°, with 5.2 in131 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1984)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 348
Ocean Isle Beach in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 72°22°, with 5.9 in150 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2011)
- Record low
- 47°8° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 468
Ocean Isle Beach in August
Highs average 87°30° and lows 71°21°, with 7.4 in187 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1983)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 425
Ocean Isle Beach in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 65°19°, with 7.5 in191 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1983)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 272
Ocean Isle Beach in OctoberThis month
Highs average 74°24° and lows 53°12°, with 5.1 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1986)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 113
- Cooling degree days
- 74
Ocean Isle Beach in November
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1993)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 343
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Ocean Isle Beach in December
Highs average 59°15° and lows 37°3°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1982)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 537
- Cooling degree days
- 4